Tree feller



Z. PEHEL TREE FELLER Oct. 26, 1943.

Filed Nov. 8, 194l 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. ZYGMUNT PEHEL. BY h Oct. 26, 1943. z PEHEL 2,332,526

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ATTORNEY.

Federated Get. 26, 1943 I TREE FELLER.

, Zygmunt'lPehel, Bronx, N. Y.

ApplicationNovember s, 1941, Serial No. 418,377

7 1 Claim. (Cl. 143-43) This invention relates to de-forestation device for the use of armies, farms and the like where it is desired to clear the land of standing timber, as growing trees, and like utilitarian purposes. I

In clearing land encumbered with trees the usual process is by chopping with an axe, by hard manual labor; thereafter it is often necessary to remove the stumps, by blasting and fire, and finally to remove the accumulated debris.

While on a farm lab'or may be cheap and inexpensive for such work, in the case of an-advancing army trained sappers'are employed and the time consumed may be of the utmost con-- 7 sequence.

Having these matters in mind, it is an obi :ct

of the invention to provide a circular saw, that in one position cuts the trunk of the tree from its stump, and inanotherposition may be used for Splitting the trunk into readily removable fragments.

Another feature is in the provision of a tractor truck, wheeled power driven tank, or rugged vehicle of similar nature on which the. saw is mounted to be driven at a speed commensurate with its size.

A further purpose is to provide 'means, combined 'with the tractor'for raising the trunk of the tree and depositing it at will wherever it may be desired.

' operative in a cylinder 33 mounted on a bracket nected in the usual manner with the rear drive wheels I1, and is provided with the usual control's, indicated generally at 20, convenient to a drivers seat 2| mounted in a raised, rear portion 22 of the frame l5.

ably mounted a spur gear 25, fixed to a movable 10.

arm 26 pivoted on the shaft 24.

Meshed with the gear is a rack 21 formed on the end of a bar 28, slidable in a bearing 25 extending integrally from the rigid oblique frame arm 23. v

The bar 28 is connected at 30 with a plunger 3l' passing through a stufiing box 32 to a piston 34 bolted at an angle on the-rear portion ,22 of the tractor frame.

The cylinder may be arranged to be operated pneumatically or hydraulically by means con- These and other valuable objects are accomplished by the novel and practical construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and-illustrated in the accompanying drawings, constituting a graphical component of this disclosure, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a complete embodiment of the invention, with the movable arm lowered and the saw one. horizontal axis, as in cutting the stump and trunk of a tree on the ground.

, Figure 2 is a top plan view of the spring clamp for holding a tree in position for operation.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1, drawn to an enlarged scale.

Figure 4. is a similar view to Figure 1 but showing the movable arm raised, and the saw mounted on avertical axis.

Referring in greater detail to the drawings, the numeral 55 designates in general a tractor frame mounted on sprocket wheels l6 and I1, respectively front and rear, around which are trained tractor chains I8.

A motor is contained in the housing l9, connected with the tractor motor or otherwise as preferred; obviously the motion of the piston, communicated by the-rack. 21 and gear 25 to the arm 26 will cause the arm to turn upon the pivot 24 into various angular positions, as indicated in Figure 4.

Also'fixed on the pivot 24-is a bevel gear 35, meshed with a mating gear 36 fixed on the end of a shaft 31 mounted in bearings 38 and 39 carried on the arm 26.

-The lower end of the shaft 31 carries a bevelgear 40, meshed with a mating gear 4| fixed on the end. of a stub shaft 42 set in a movable hand 43 adapted to move. along over the surface of the ground and under a log L, indicated in broken lines.

A spur 44 reaches outwardly from the front edge of the arm 26, the device showing in-unloading position in Figure 1.

A circular saw 45, of such diameter as may be with a worm 54 fixed on a shaft 55, mounted in' bearings 56 and rotatable by-a hand-wheel 51.

From the foregoing it will ,be seen that the saw 45 may be manually moved into position to operate either horizontally or perpendicularly by the hand-wheel 51 at will.

As shown in Figure 2, the tractor side frames l5 may have pivoted to them, at their front ends, an independent frame 60 having a brace bar 6| to which the inner, rear ends of arcuate springs 62 are attached, their outer ends being attached to the ends of the frame sides 60.

Carried by the opposed arcuate springs 62 are a plurality of short straight spring rods 63 adapted to engage the surface of a tree trunk as indicated, tending to maintain it in position to be operated upon by the saw.

It will be apparent that a chain or rake, and drum may be substituted for the bar 3| and cylinder 33 if preferred.

.Having thus described the invention, and set forth the manner of its construction and operation, what is-claimed as new and sought to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In a portable tree felling device provided with a tree cutting tool, means for securing the device rigidly to the tree so that said tool may act upon the tree and to prevent the tree and tool from separating during said action, said means comprising spaced lateral frame members extending forward from the device and a horizontal cross member positioned near the rearward ends of said frame members, a pair of rearwardly convergent arcuate spring members secured at their forward ends to said frame members and at their rearward ends to said cross member, each of said spring members having rigid thereon a plurality of spaced horizontal spring fingers extending a short distance to either side of the spring member on which they are rigid, the device being adapted to be moved against the tree with the tree registering in the-space between the said spring fingers of the said spring members and being gripped thereby.

ZYGMUNT PEHEL 

